{"id":321261,"date":"2024-11-06T08:45:06","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T14:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=321261"},"modified":"2024-11-05T17:39:23","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T23:39:23","slug":"lawsuit-against-louisiana-regulating-abortion-pill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/lawsuit-against-louisiana-regulating-abortion-pill\/","title":{"rendered":"Abortion supporters file lawsuit against Louisiana law regulating abortion pill"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Abortion advocates have filed a lawsuit<\/a>\u00a0challenging a Louisiana law that requires the abortion pill to be labeled as a controlled substance.<\/p>\n

The state law, which went into effect last month, places the abortion pill drugs mifepristone and misoprostol on a list of \u201cSchedule IV\u201d controlled drugs, joining other drugs like sedatives and opioids. The classification means the drugs get greater oversight, due to the possibility that they can be abused.<\/p>\n

The law is meant to ensure that the abortion pill does not end up in the wrong hands, which is exactly what happened to a family member of the law’s legislative sponsor, State Senator Thomas Pressly. Pressly’s sister was given the abortion pill<\/a> mifepristone by her husband without her knowledge, in an attempt to kill their preborn child.<\/p>\n

As the abortion pill becomes easier to obtain, stories like these are becoming more common<\/a>, leading to the necessity of greater oversight.<\/p>\n

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Photo of 10-week aborted baby: Reddit user brazen 177<\/p><\/div>\n

Abortion advocates filed their legal challenge against the new law on October 31. The plaintiffs include a doctor, a pharmacist, the Birthmark Doula Collective<\/a>, and several women who claim the classification of the drugs puts them at risk. (Doulas<\/a> typically provide non-medical<\/em><\/strong> birth and postpartum support. Some doulas may also assist with abortions, and some may assist with end-of-life care.) One of the plaintiffs is Nancy Davis<\/a>, a woman who previously traveled to New York from Louisiana in order to abort her preborn child who was diagnosed with acrania, a condition that meant her child had only a 10 percent change of surviving after birth. Despite the fact that her child may have lived, Davis was vocal about the decision she made that killing her child by abortion was “best.”<\/p>\n